What Emmanuelle Movie Did You Just Watch?

[Matt]

Watched two good ones last night:

THE CONTRACTOR (2022) with Chris Pine and Ben Foster.
Very solid, very realistic feeling actioner. Pine is an army ranger who is struggling with an injured knee. To combat the pain, he takes painkillers and, due to a failed drug test, gets booted from the army with no pension or insurance. He and his family are in debt so he follows Foster, an ex-army comrade, into a contracting job. They get assigned a job by Kiefer Sutherland. The job takes them and others on the team overseas where things...happen.

Very well acted from everyone with convincing fight/combat sequences. The plot itself is fairly standard but it's so well executed that it transcends its plotting. The wife and I thought this was great.

THE DRY (2021) with Eric Bana
Another very solid murder mystery film taking place in Australia. Bana plays an Aussie federal agent who gets called to his old hometown for a funeral: his old friend is involved in a murder/suicide. Returning to the town brings up old animosities as Bana and this dead friend were 'persons of interest' in the death of a female friend decades earlier. Bana gets asked by his old friend's parents to look into the situation as they don't believe it was a murder/suicide.

Another very well acted film. The setting is quite interesting too: the city is in the middle of a huge draught (over 300 days without rain), giving everything an extremely weathered look. Flashbacks to earlier years show lush riverbeds and such. Really cool contrast.

This was apparently a massive hit in Australia and a sequel is in pre-production which will cover the next book in the series. Recommended.

[BillyG]

It's such a dumb movie, but a legitimately good time. I didn't watch it until one of you guys spoiled the ending and I was like well now I HAVE to watch this shit.

[Abraham Smashington]

Orphan. Saw that the prequel or reboot or sequel or whatever the fuck came out so I wanted to re-watch this. Lesley never saw it and knew nothing about it. That reveal worked perfectly and she was caught off guard. Is it dumb? yeah. Does it make any sense? Ehhhhh. Is it a fun and way more violent take on The Good Son? totally Does it have Mr. Highway? Nope. Still find it fun and silly.

[Martin]

Pretty much. It was meta JUST ENOUGH.

[FilmNerdJamie]

It didn't bog itself down with meta nudging and winking as I feared it would.

I liked it.

[Martin]

Perfect comedy timing and acting.

And Nicky. Fuuuuuuuuuck that was funny.

[Abraham Smashington]

Right? It was so good. That acid scene was hilarious.

[Martin]

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

This is so much better than I expected. Cage and Pascal arr a power duo.

[Martin]

YES!!!!!

[Matt]

So...Rob? RRR?

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[Abraham Smashington]

Wow. THEY/THEM wasted a chance of being good. Kevin Bacon was decent and so was My Girl but this felt like a shitty late 90s Scream wannabe. Oh well. Also, why haven't these movies learned that a cool mask doesn't mean shit if there is no point or even a reason for the slasher to wear it? Like Jason only wears that mask cause he fucking found it in service of the story, same with Michael Myers, Leslie Vernon, etccccc

[Ingrid]

Jesus. That’s eerie.

[Abraham Smashington]

Runs with Haim

[FilmNerdJamie]

Predators I saw opening night with a packed audience, and it was the bees-knees. Better than the original even.

[Martin]

He’s probably related to Native American Joe Pesci.

It’s cool.